Chair



R. WAGNER.

CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19, 1920.

mm Apr. 19, 1921.

INVENTOR 02. W BY We;

ATTORNEY ie is RUDOLPH WAGNER, or JERSEY CITY, New JERSEY CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patgni efl A 1.9 1921 Applicationfiled'January 19, 1920. Serial No. 352,375.

To all whom cit-may concern.

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH WAGNER, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Jersey City, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chairs, of whichthe following'is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a rocking chair with means toat'will retain the chair in a stationary position, preferably with theseat inclined fora comfortable resting position.

In carrying out my invention I provide a rocking chair with a bracepivotally supported thereby beneath the seat in such a mamier that thebrace may be retained under the seat free from the floor or ground andpermit the usual use of the chair as a rocker, and whereby the brace maybe swung forwardly under the chair to rest upon the floor or ground toretain the chair in an inclined position, said brace preferably having afoot rest extending forwardly. In the specific example of my inventionillustrated in the accompanying drawings said brace is hinged to thechair at its front portion and when lowered may bear against one of thefront rounds of the chair which serves as a stop for the brace, wherebythe chair will be retained in a tilted position upon its rockers andupon said brace.

My invention further comprises novel details of improvement that will bemore fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

if Reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereofwhere1n Figure 1 is a side view of a rocking chair provided with myimprovements;

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the chair;

Fig. 3 is a side view illustrating my improvements in use;

Fig. 4 is a side view illustrating a modified form of my invention;

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 in Fig. 4; and

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral views.

The rocking chair 1 may be of any suitable or usual construction havingspaced front legs 2, rockers 3, spaced rear legs 2 seat 4: and one ormore rounds or rungs 5 between the front legs. At 6 is my improved bracepivotally supported at its upper end upon the chair and adapted to swingbetween the side legs thereof beneath the seat. The brace may be made inany suitable manner and is shown comprising an upper horizontal bar 7connected to side bars 8 having a cross round 9 therebetween, the lowerendof which brace or the bars thereof are adapted to rest upon the flooror other support for the chair. Theupper end of brace 6, (Figs; 1, 2 and8) is shown connected to the under forward part of seat 4t by hinges 10so. that the brace may be swung down beneath the seat and between theside legs. When the brace is not in use 7 .is on the chair seat and theother on the brace. At 12 is a foot rest secured to the forward face ofthe brace and shown resisted by straps or brackets 13 extending be tweenthe foot rest and the brace.

In Figs. 1, 5 and 6 the brace 6 is pivotally supported upon the frontchair legs 2, and convenient means for such purpose comprise a bar 14attached to said legs by straps 15 screwed to the legs so that the barextends between the front legs 2 and eyes 16 receiving said bar 14 andattached to brace 6 pivotally supporting the latter on the bar.

Since the brace 6 is pivotally attached at its upper portion to thefront portion of the chair to extend therebeneath in an upward position,means cooperate between the brace and chair to retain the latter in atilted position. In the illustration the brace 6 is adapted to bearagainst a stop, shown I as a front round or rung 5, so that the downwardpressure of the chair will be resisted by said stop against the brace.

hen the chair is to be used in an ordinary manner of a rocking chair thebrace 6 is swung between the legs beneath the seat and suspended by thehook and eye, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4. When the chair is to beused in a stationary condition and tilted rearwardly the brace isreleased from the hook and eye and swung downwardly so that its loweredge will rest upon the floor or ground whereby the seat will beretained in a tilted position, stop or rung 5 bearing against the bracebetween the floor and the hinge points of the brace, whereby the chairwill be retained firmly tilted, the footrest 12 at such time being inposition at the forward lower portion ofthe chair convenient to supportthe feet of the occu pant.

My improvements are simple and cheap to manufacture, may be readilyoperated, and when not in use the brace is conveniently located beneaththe chair so as not to be in the way and unobjectionable to the sight.

Changes may be made in the details of" construction set forth, withinthe scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit ofmy invention. Having thus described my invention, what I claimand desireto secure by Letters Patentisp- 1. A chair having rockers to rock uponthe floor and having a round above the rockers extending between thefront side legs a. brace pivotally supported beneath theoseat above therockers and of suflicient length to extend below the rockers adapted toswing between the side legs oi the chair and to extend in an upwarddirection against said round to retain the chair in a tilted positionwith the rockers upon the floor, and means upon the chair to cooperatewith the brace to retain the latter above the rockers belowthe seat. I

2. A chair having rockers to rock upon the floor and having abracepivotally connected'at its upper end to the chair above the rockers ofsufficient length to extend below the rockers to engage the flooradapted to swing to'an upward position adja cent to the front legs, thechair having a round extending between the front legs above therockersadapted, to bear on said

